Saturday, December 13, 2014

Foot Locker National Championships Favorite: Grant Fisher (Grand Blanc HS, Michigan)

by Keith Conning, Plesanton, CA
e-mail: keithconning@aol.com

Grant Fisher (Grand Blanc HS, Grand Blanc, Michigan) is the defending champion. He won last year in 15:07. This year he is undefeated in cross country.

Grant Fisher
Grand Blanc - HS
2014 Season - 12th Grade
5,000 Meters
1 15:22.3 Sep 20 Jackson HS Invitationa...15:35.90 in 2013
1 16:51 Sep 23 Grand Blanc @ Howell D...
1 * 14:43 Oct 4 Portage Invitational 15:11 in 2013
1 16:24 Oct 7 Grand Blanc vs. Pinckn...
1 15:14.9 Oct 16 K.L.A.A. Lakes Confere...
1 15:40.10 Oct 25 MHSAA LP D1 Region 2 @...
1 14:52.5 Nov 1 MHSAA LP D1 State Fina...15:13.7 in 2013
1 15:00 Nov 29 2014 Footlocker Midwes...15:02 in 2013

Grand Blanc - HS
2013 Season - 11th Grade
5,000 Meters
1 15:30 Sep 14 Nike/Holly/Duane Raffi...
1 16:24 Sep 17 Grand Blanc vs. Howell...
1 15:35.90 Sep 21 Jackson Invite - HS (V...
1 * 15:11 Oct 5 Portage Invitational
1 16:11 Oct 8 Grand Blanc vs. Hartla...
1 15:37.1 Oct 17 KLAA Lakes Conference ...
1 15:54.29 Oct 26 MHSAA D1 Region 2 @ De...
1 15:13.7 Nov 2 MHSAA LP D1 State Fina...
1 * 15:02 Nov 30 Footlocker Midwest Reg...
1 15:07 Dec 14 Foot Locker Nationals

Grand Blanc - HS
2012 Season - 10th Grade
5,000 Meters
2 16:08.1 Sep 8 K.L.A.A. Cross Country...
2 16:11 Sep 15 2012 Nike/ Holly/ Duan...
2 * 15:50.10 Sep 22 Jackson Invitational: ...
1 16:04 Sep 26 Brighton vs. Grand Bla...
5 16:15 Oct 2 Grand Blanc vs. Pinckn...
5 * 15:42.2 Oct 6 Portage Invitational
5 16:05.17 Oct 18 K.L.A.A. Lakes Confere...
1 15:53.25 Oct 27 MHSAA D1 Region 1 @ Ba...
20 * 15:24 Nov 24 Foot Locker Midwest Re...

Grand Blanc - HS
2011 Season - 9th Grade
5,000 Meters
15 16:55 Sep 17 Nike/Holly/Duane Raffi...
17 * 16:36.3 Sep 24 Jackson Invitational
28 16:44.0 Oct 8 Portage Invitational
19 16:39.36 Oct 20 KLAA Lakes League Meet
9 * 16:19.10 Oct 29 MHSAA D1 Regional 1-1 ...
44 * 16:14.3 Nov 5 MHSAA L.P. Finals - Di...

http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Athlete.aspx?AID=3549340

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"Grand Blanc Community High School (usually referred to as Grand Blanc High School or abbreviated as GBHS) is a public high school in Grand Blanc, Michigan, a suburb of Flint, Michigan, in the United States. It is managed by Grand Blanc Community Schools.

Notable Alumni
Geena Gall - Olympic mid-distance runner, a ten time NCAA All-American, holds numerous records, at GBHS she was a three time national champion[7]"Wikipedia

High School Best
Nike Outdoor Nationals
Greensboro, NC
June 17-18, 2005
1. Geena Gall (Grand Blanc HS, MI) 2:05.05

Geena Gall DOB 18Jan87
Oregon TC Elite; Michigan 2009; Grand Blanc (MI) HS 2005

2012
800 Meters
Personal Record 1:59.24
2nd) Olympic Trials
8th semifinal)Olympic Games
Ranked #3 in the U.S.

"Geena Gall (born January 18, 1987), is an Olympic American mid-distance runner who ran for the University of Michigan and now runs for Nike. Gall's achievements include back to back NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 800m in 2008 and 2009, representing the USA at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany in the 800m. She also competed at the North American Central American Caribbean Championships in San Salvador, El Salvador in 2007 (3rd place) and Toluca, Mexico in 2008 (1st place). Gall was a member of the "Fab Four" who set two collegiate records (4 x 800, and 4 x 1500) at the 2007 Penn Relays,[1] a ten-time NCAA All-American,[2] owning two Big Ten 800 meter records and two DMR records,[3] 10 Big Ten championships,[3] numerous U of M school records,[4] and at Grand Blanc High School she was a three-time national champion.[5]" Wikipedia

I attended both the 2008 NCAA Championships at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa and the 2009 NCAA Championships at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

2008: 800‑meter run:
1. Geena Gall, Michigan, 2:03.91;
2. Latavia Thomas, LSU, 2:04.38;
3. Becky Horn, Western Mich., 2:04.67;
4. Zoe Buckman, Oregon, 2:04.69;
5. Heather Dorniden,Minnesota, 2:05.86;
6. Phoebe Wright, Tennessee, 2:06.56;
7. Carlee Clark‑Platt, BYU, 2:06.61;
8. Anna Layman, Washington St., 2:06.93.

NCAA Division I 2009 Outdoor
Track & Field Championships
Fayetteville, AR - 6/10/2009 to 6/13/2009

Event 24 Women 800 Meter Run
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4 Heats. Advance top 3 from each heat plus next best 6 to semi.
Advance top 3 from each semi plus next best 3 times to final.
American: 1:56.40 8/11/1999 Jearl Miles-Clark, Reebok
College Best: 1:58.33 8/16/1985 Claudette Groenendaal, Oregon
NCAA Meet: 1:59.11 6/1/1990 Suzy Favor, Wisconsin
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals
1 Geena Gall SR Michigan 2:00.80 10
2 Laura Hermanson SR North Dakota State 2:01.37 8
3 LaTavia Thomas JR LSU 2:01.56 6
4 Lacey Cramer FR Brigham Young 2:03.19 5
5 Phoebe Wright JR Tennessee 2:03.57 4
6 Brittany Hall SO LSU 2:04.06 3
7 Dominique Jackson SO North Carolina 2:04.38 2 Fairfield HS, Fairfield, CA
8 Heather Dorniden SR Minnesota 2:04.44 1
9 Pilar McShine JR Florida State 2:05.50

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